JungleTalk: Competitive

With our final update for PJT scheduled tomorrow, what better time than now to talk about the competitive scene in Pokémon?

Competitive Battling in Pokémon really is a huge deal, there’s an annual World Championship tournament to find the world’s best Pokémon trainer, entire websites dedicated to battling and much, much more.

This JungleTalk is a relatively simple an broad one, just focusing on the competitive aspect of Pokémon as a whole. We want to know any memorable battles you’ve had, any cool sweeps or times you’ve fallen victim to an effective sweep, your favorite Pokémon you like to use in battle…

Anything! Tell us about your competitive experiences! We’re looking forward to hosting our biggest tournament (the first of many to come, no less!) and can’t wait to begin in just a few days! 😀

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1,162 thoughts on “JungleTalk: Competitive”

  1. Best memory of mine is probably back in Diamond/Pearl days. An awesome and extremely lucky Salamence sweep. Can’t remember much else other than that it was awesome.

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    • Back in Pearl, I was stuck getting to the final city because that one NPC won’t let me pass and I had no idea how to proceed. I went back to mess with Mt. Coronet and somewho managed to get to Palkia and caught it. I was new to the game franchise and was pretty excited to get a legendary. 😀

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  2. well, all I know is that
    I HATCHED THIS SHINY BABY WITH A TIMID NATURE AND ELECTROBALL AND IM SO HAPPY!!! 200+ EGGS IM SO HAPPY

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  3. Around the time I first hatched and trained Swagold (My Altaria), I battled Rocket and she made me so proud :’) She ended up taking down Vaporeon, Furfrou, Granbull, Leafeon, and Manectric. Apologies to Rocket if I’m bringing up a bad battle D: It was Swagold’s true coming out party ;_;

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  4. The best i have ever done was the 2012 regional pokemon tourment. I got to the final 8 with out losing once. But then i losed. And i got kicked out of it.(Because they were doing single-elimanation). And only the top freakin 7 got to go to nationals!

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  5. My favourite Pokemon to ever pull off a Sweep with is Scrafty

    Scrafty @Leftovers
    Moxie

    Dragon Dance
    Drain Punch
    Knock Off
    Ice Punch

    The satisfaction you get from this is second to none.

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  6. lol, when i first saw the picture, i thought the site had been hacked and the hacker had made that picture XD

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  7. I love using my shiny Moxie Salamance. I have plenty of others that I love but sweeping with that is amazing. I also love making my friends go against my Darkrai. They hate it so much. Not really saying the use of my Darkrai is competitive, but I still love using it.

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  8. The time i was down 5-1 vs Luigi301, and managed to win with 11 hp left.
    We were both scrubs at the time. I love you Charizard.
    Battle Video: H4BW-WWWW-WWW7-3BKY

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  9. Hmmm lets see
    Oooo there was this one time i beat three guys while waiting or X and Y
    and that short while i swept some of you guys with my new Hawlucha
    and that one battle with Heavy where it was just me and his Azumarill and he used Aqua Jet and Rhy survived with like 3 HP and i 1HKO’d it with Rock Wrecker winning the Battle
    And Yesterday i 1HKO’d Heavy’s Diancie (i told everyone then got banned for Battle Spam for a day its cool now)
    and as for losses i never forget a loss, i even have a list of Pokemon who scorned me too long tell
    some notable
    TC’s Sableye (that made me hate Sableye and him)
    Wyvern’s Sableye (that’s the one that drove me over the edge and you guys made memes which still hurts)
    Regi’s Grass Team
    Regi’s Quagsire wall
    Chandy’s Wheezing wall
    that one guy’s Harvest Exeggutor
    some other jerk’s Froslass who double teamed snow cloaked me
    and that one battle where i tried used my new Klefki and tried swagger and it never hit itself once

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  10. sucks that my shiny manectric doesnt have HP Ice but its got IV’s! 😀 i’m so happy right now! ima EV train it right now

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  11. Competitive battling? None, as of yet. Never could get into it, but that will change with ORAS (and me becoming a regular on here). For what it’s worth, I do already do smash games and MK.

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  12. I think NL’s articles are super awesome amazing and cool.
    (This advertisement was paid for by NL)

    But anyways, I always lose competitive battles so I’m excited to see where this PJT goes with my new team I worked hard on…

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  13. I still want to try my Trollfisk idea
    How does this sound
    Bold max HP and a split of Defenses
    Sand Veil
    Mud Slap
    Double Team
    Toxic
    Protect
    Basically run i’ll this with a Sandstorm and and just drop the opponent’s accuracy and raise my evasion while Toxic whittles them down and they’ll be driven to madness when they can’t touch him
    Please note this is purely a gimmick moveset

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  14. I’m loving everyone’s battle posts! 😀
    My favorite sweeps were with my Clefable Clair 🙂 I swept 6-0 against 4 teams because they allowed me to set up some cosmic powers and Stored Power em away!
    I’ve had a lot of close battles with me losing and winning in the end (Shout out to TCMets, Regi, Heavy, Defensive and Rocket!) and these type of battles are the most enjoyable for me because theyre unpredictable who’s the winner going to be.
    A team that completely shut me out was Regi’s stall team with Skarmory and M-Tyra. I couldnt put a dent in his Skarm and it kept whirlwinding me xD

    Overall, Competitive Battling in Pokemon is more than just some digital monsters (:P) battling. Its an opportunity to establish friendships, rivalries, and exchanging ideas between people with a shared interest and I’m glad that X & Y has made this possible with the 3ds wifi capabilities and PSS function 🙂
    Can’t wait for the PJT next week and wish all who are participating good luck!

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  15. I have horror stories from battling regi. But I’ll never forget our first battle. It was our in-game teams, and it was an amazingly close battle. I still have it saved and uploaded as a Battle Video. You da best teacher regi :’)

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  16. I remember sweeping with my boy Scrafty a while back, it tanked Air Slashes from Charizard Y and has saved me a lot <3 Never let a Scrafty set up DD XD

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  17. So many to name and amazing battles xD I sweeped most of Chandy’s team the other day with my Mega Heracross :3 and had a few close calls with several other trainers.I lose to TC’s teams all the time but his battles are some of the most fun one’s out there 🙂 he knows what he’s doing and a tough nut to crack ;~; xD Jordin can sweep away good as well remember that Scrafty O_O in general I pretty much don’t mind losing because I always have fun doing it. And everyone I have gone up against their teams are so well put together and you can tell they worked hard on their Pokémon and know how to use em so I admire that in an opponent. As for favorite Pokémon to battle with that’s a really tough choice since so many of them bailed me out of hard spots xD my Whistle though she’s special to me and I love having to battle alongside her <3 Emerald as well oh boy XD I wanna a rematch RIO D::D lol

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  18. Does anyone have a female numel in a heavy ball? Or could someone breed an extra for me? I’d love a shiny Camerupt in a heavy ball. Thanks guys.

    But, on topic: I love playing competitively with my shiny Salamance and shiny Metagross. I know Metagross doesn’t do too well right now but I’m hoping the Mega helps a lot.

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  19. I once got swept by a Calm Mind Sylveon. And I also won against one of my friends who used 4 legendaries against my party. Probably my most memorable battle in XY

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    • lol! that reminds me i fought a guy in my class who used a whole team of hacked level 60 legends and i beat him with my non-EV trained playthrough team that was 20 levels lower

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      • Whoa. That amazing! My team was fully EV-trained, around level 60s against his level 100 Dialga, Palkia, Giratina and Landorus, plus Gallade and Mega Absol.

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  20. I like making anti-meta or troll teams.
    I can count all that times that Accelgor crippled an enemy Xerneas in Showdown Ubers. It’s so good. No one seems to catch on…

    I tend to not play with my favorites all the time and force them into teams if they don’t fit or aren’t good at all. But I like to find the hidden good strats and underestimated Pokemon.

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  21. You often forget how Powerful M. Abomasnow is
    HP 90
    Atk 132
    Def 105
    Sp Atk 132
    Sp Def 105
    Speed 30…
    but 7 weaknesses…..

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  22. As much as I would’ve loved to join the tournament, I’m afraid of getting swept by a Weedle in my first battle. So yeah. xD

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  23. LOL, love the pic NL!

    I’ve yet to battle competitively, but there was a battle I had against a guy in England. We had a Rotation Battle and used Game Chat. We complemented each other and told each other what we did wrong. We even had a rematch! I lost…again. Then again, he used legendaries and I didn’t. XD

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  24. well i gotta go fellas
    Quick Question is the tourney starting soon because i fear i’ll miss it due to work

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  25. That article image… looks like something Djja drew, if anyone remembers his May and Max drawing.

    I guess I’ll start with my worst battle memory. I got swept by @regidudeam:disqus 6-0 a few months back. I don’t make excuses, a loss is a loss. However, I did start competitive battling this generation in X and Y. I learned a lot about IVs, EVs and natures. Although I lost terribly, I learned so much from Regi in that one single battle, stuff that I still remember and use to this day. So thank you, Regi, for beating my ass. <3

    My best memory? Honestly, anything with my shiny Milotic named Sirena. Firstly, I named her Sirena for many reasons, one of them NOT being how closely it sounds to Serena. Sirena is Spanish for "mermaid", and as many as you know, I am Hispanic based simply off of my username. Mermaids are also seen as "beautiful" and "mystical"… things that I see in my Milotic.
    Sirena has come up so clutch for me in late game or game changing scenarios. Whether a burn from scald, tanking hits for days, use confuse ray and the opponent hits themselves… these are just some of the ways she's helped me so much. I remember I was sweeping @TCMets:disqus, I was actually going to beat him for the first time ever, but we got disconnected. But none of this would be possible in the first place without Ammy, so thank you very much. 🙂 <3

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  26. What will the outcome of a battle be if it is interrupted due to a dodgy Internet connection?

    I’m curious cos my internet has been quite bad lately. I’ll happily concede the battle if something like that happens though…no arguments. 🙂

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  27. So many good memories for battling but my top 3 are:
    1- Me vs Regi, we were both on our last pokemon my beeheyem vs his dugtrio i was expecting sucker punch so i used cosmic power but he predicted that and used EQ and 2HKO.
    2- Me vs NL, Substitute + Minimize + Psych Up + Stall = Good game for me it was 4-0 and from that day i am scare when i battle NL
    3- Me vs SMSceptile, We were down to 2vs1 my granbull that was yellow in HP and his burned excadrill and paralyzed goodra. I thought it was good game for me when that excadrill used EQ but luckily i survived and killed his excadrill and OHKO his goodra. That battle was maybe one of the most intense battle i had.

    I love competitve battling, if it wasnt for competitve battling, my Y copy would be full of dust

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  28. So, I was watching a BT video and he was talking about hoopa. I thought he was exaggerating when he said how frail hoopla was, so I did some calcs. They results were hilarious XD

    0- Atk Alomomola Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Hoopa: 304-360 (100.9 – 119.6%) — guaranteed OHK

    Pretty sad

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  29. The one time I had my revenge on the Battle Maison and I haxed it as payback for all the hax it’s done to me. This is old, so I hope this still works! I just feel sorry the victim had to be Battle Chatelaine Evelyn…
    R9XG-WWWW-WWW4-8ZAH

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  30. Damn, looks like someone needs to borrow my cop of Pokemon Art Acadmey, there’s like no shading at all, poor, just poor
    I’ve never really played online/competitively. Like, if someone challenges me to a battle on the PSS and I’m not doing anything important, I’ll go ahead. For the majority, I win as I do breed competitive pokemon for fun. Idk, I might start on Showdown or something like that

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  31. Weird thing is, I’m probably the tallest and skinniest of the staff.

    At least my head doesn’t look like you know what

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  32. I think I’ll begin competitive battling next year onward.If I start early, I’ll walk away with my ass a deep shade of red xD

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          • woah halved thats awesome.btw i am aiming for a shiny starter once i get X.
            Rate my team:
            Delphox(Shiny)
            M Blastoise(Shiny)
            Sceptile
            Goodra
            M Lucario
            Pidgeot or someother flying type you guys sugget.(I dont want a type repeat like Talonflame or Salamence)

          • like first off you cant have two megas on one team its not allowed

            also if compettive this team will get swept in 2 minutes but for ingame its pretty good

          • oh ok, it that case its decent but i dont like the idea of 3 starters 2 is already pushing it imo

            plus delphox is HORRIBLE (moveset is pathetic)everywhere but thats your opinion

            blastoise is decent but there are better options

            goodra is a great choice

            mega lucario you cant really go wrong with

          • I choose Delphox cause’ nobody chooses it.I chose Blastoise cause majority of em’ choose charizard.No sceptile,No LIFE

          • nobody chooses fennekin for a reason…..

            my advice choose a starter and keep it in the pc and switch it for treecko

          • But, I hatethe ide of dumping starters.Wait,I am training a team now on white.See if it’s any good(It’s consists of only 5 pokemon the sixth is a lvl 100″veteran”:
            Sceptile
            Volcarona
            Charizard
            Swampert
            Metagross
            Veteran

          • IMO no
            first off you have 3 starters which i REALLY hate (IMO)
            you have 2 fire types which are unnecessary
            you have nothing to counter flying,dragon, dark

          • having three starters takes up so much space in the team when it should be used for the other pokemon

            starters from other regions should stay in their region for gameplay other than compettive cause it takes away from the region excusive and make them less “unique”

            gamefreak made you choose only one of the three starters for a reason

          • I AM TRAINING THEM.After I am done I’ll mix and match all the pokemon and form a party for comp.

          • having weakness in your ingame team is important too its not only for compettive its vital in ingame too

            anf two fire types and 3 starters is just uneccesary

          • What I mean is once I train these these pokemon I’ll put them in the PC then in comp. battling I’l take other pokemon and these pokemon and mix and match and thing.Like,:
            Sceptile
            Metagross
            Throh
            Musharna
            Latias
            Altaria

    • It’s not easy, especially if you’re breeding competitive shinies. You’ve got to know what you’re doing and be dedicated.

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    • Pokemon i want to breed + my awesome french ditto with perfect IV’s
      daycare
      route 7
      with only the eggs and talonflame with flame body

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  33. YESSSSS
    My Wii U should come today!
    And my parents said they would buy MK8 and I could pay them back!!!!!
    Today!!
    Yay!

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  34. Yup, so: xD Just saw a MK8 match online where everyone wanted Rainbow Road except for one person, and that guy got picked for the level xD
    And: I guess, yeah, if it counts, I was Random Battling Djja on Showdown, and I had 5 pokemon against his 1 Paralyzed Kevin Durant left. He used Swords Dance or something like that, I Encored him and then used Tailwinds. He somehow proceeded to kill OHKO Roserade, Articuno, Volbeat, and a couple others, and won the match xD

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  35. For Generation 7, I want visible entry hazards in battle.
    I also want to see Legos be introduced as a new entry hazard. It drops all stats by 2 stages upon entry and deals 50% of HP.

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  36. I keep trying to read the article but my screen keeps going black… thank you Windows update… Nice artwork.

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  37. Haiiiiii guys 😀
    Just wanna drop by and say that when I get back from Florida in a week, MAJOR updates will be coming for the Poke Games and my website. 🙂
    Stay tuned.

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  38. Gen III introduced a pokémon that loses Levitate when it evolves (Duskull). Gen VI introduced a Mega Pokémon that loses Levitate upon Mega Evolution (Mega Gengar).

    aasfhsjfgjakhuiguuailk

    HOENN CONFIRMED!!!

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  39. Everyone is waiting for hoenn. While I’m just here wanting Shadow of mordor to come to Wii U cause i dont have the money for a ps4

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  40. Here is the plot of the movie. (I hope this doesn’t count as spoilers!)
    Diancie, a mythical Pokémon, serves as the ruler of the Diamond Domain, which is home to a number of Carbink. When the Heart Diamond that sustains the land begins to fall apart, Diancie seeks out the aid of Xerneas in order to rectify the situation. Along the way, it runs into a group of thieves that want Diancie’s
    power for themselves and inadvertently awaken Yveltal in the process.

    This plot doesn’t sound interesting. Just very typical.

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  41. That awkward moment when you realize that it’s been over two years since we had a professor give us our first pokémon.

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  42. Any chance we could have N play a cameo in ORAS? In the end of BW…

    SPOILERS (it really shouldn’t be)
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    N flew off somewhere. Maybe he flew to Hoenn? I don’t know the Franchise’s Timeline, so I don’t know if this even makes sense.

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  43. Why Hoenn was unique

    A port town with a beach.
    A volcano.
    A desert.
    A rainforest.
    A tree house city.
    Graveyard built into a mountain as opposed to being just a tower.
    A Space Station with a Rocket.
    Diving.
    Whatever Sootopolis is supposed to be
    And Pacifidlog.

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  44. Next month will be mind-blowingly amazing. While in Hawaii, I will view the CoroCoro leaks that will contain new Mega Evolutions and Hoenn information, along with all the characters from the new Smash Bros. It’s a final summit for this amazing summer that will lead into…sophomore year. I’m excited, not nervous!

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  45. Okay, so idk what they’ll do with Cynthia in ORAS, but they’ll prolly have her since they could have her looking into some legends in Hoenn since she says she was looking into legendary mythology lately when you first meet her in DP.
    Also, HGSS take place at around the same time DP does. You beat Jasmine, then she’s rarely in her Gym, you see her in DP, and when you rematch her in HGSS, she has a couple Sinnoh pokemon 😉 Coolios.

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  46. How dense can a person be? I told a person on showdown it’s impossible to have a Charmander in a Moon Ball, and the only way to get one with Kalos Born symbol is through hacking a parent and breed one off of it. He insisted that it’s possible, saying he got it off of wonder trade. Even the mods said it’s impossible and showed the Serebii page with said claim.

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  47. What if Diantha returns in ORAS? Cynthia did in HGSS. Also, Diantha knows all about Mega Evolution, and GF could use her to hype up the XY sequels/prequels (if there will be any).

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  48. I just noticed something about Wattson’s gym… (mind you, i haven’t had internet access for a few days).

    In the picture @disqus_MRslUvsVha:disqus posted with the old & new comparisons, there’s a screenshot of Wattson’s gym, showing two trainers and all the electric barriers up.
    In the trailer w/M. Metagross (where Wattson’s gym is also shown), theres only one trainer (in the same spot as one in the screenshot, but a different model) and the barriers are mostly in different places/deactivated…

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  49. Will they go back to how the bag was too full to carry more items? maybe a bigger back to hold all those burn heals :3

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  50. We have one slot empty for PJT. The first person who replies and says they want in to this comment will get the slot. If a number of people want to take the spot I’ll do a raffle.

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  51. If it happened in real life would you prefer the ultra hot exposed sun or the non stop heavy rain :O either way its dangerous and we all die I suppose 🙁 #CallBrendanOrMay

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  52. How is this?

    Serperior @ Leftovers
    Ability: Overgrow
    EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Jolly Nature
    – Aerial Ace
    – Glare
    – Leaf Blade
    – Coil

    (ignore the nature)

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  53. i hope that the diance will still be going after ORAS is released, that way i can get alpha sapphire AND diancie

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  54. (small spoiler for the adventures manga)
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    If we get a mega Milotic, wouldnt it be awesome if Ruby mega-evolved him!?

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  55. Guys I just battled the biggest f**king cheater ever online. And right before I was gonna go to bed.

    He hacked basically all his pokemon and I got frozen no joke 7times in a row from his Lugia and a F**king Gengar hacked with blizzard -.-

    Beyond annoyed.

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  56. Does anyone here count catching pokemon with a cheated master all as a cheated pokemon ? Even if the pokemon is raised normally is it still a no no for you’s ? This is a common discussion I have with my friends.

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  57. Does anyone here want to trade ? Put me out of my misery please. Does anyone have a shiny protean froakie or greninja ? I’ve been literally months trying it just refuses to happen for me 😛

    That or just shoot me now 😛

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